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From: matth@bellatlantic.net (Matthew Hulett)
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Subject: Re: Next Generation EX Plus Alpha
Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 16:01:57 GMT
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   Well, it's been said better by many before, but the PC just doesn't
go where most people like to play games. When I get on a ten hour RPG
binge, the couch is the only place to play!
   As for the different consoles, well, I agree with you mostly. But
you have to keep in mind how these companies treat their consumers.
Now, I know Sony was not too great in how they dealt with overheating
PSXs. But, look at how Sega dropped 32X, and never really got Saturn
off the ground. How many rumors did Sega float about porting VF3 to
the Saturn with an add-on cartridge...Tsk tsk...  Look at the endless
broken promises by Nintendo concerning the release of N64, not to
mention it's games release schedule. How overdue is Zelda from the
original release date, anyway? I was actually waiting, not buying a
PSX, for some time before I just decided I was through waiting. Now,
after enticing consumers to buy N64 while ignoring the 16MB. limit
with the promise of the 64DD, it now appears that Nintendo may never
release the 64DD in the States, because they want to see how it sells
in Japan. Well, you know what that means, their sales have been so low
in Japan, I don't think 64DD will ever see the light of day, pure
vaporware. 
   Sega and Nintendo have not been models of consumer satisfaction of
late. I admit, Sega is putting out a few titles for Saturn owners that
appear to be good. But a very few... I am reading a lot of reviews of
N64 games that are very low, it seems that Nintendo doesn't care to
provide it's developers with half the support Sony does. And besides
that, that anti-aliasing blur would drive me nuts...
   I do envy N64 owners a few games, and previews of Turok II look
really awesome, but I can enjoy plenty of great games until PSX II
comes around, and I will be saving a lot of $$$. And I won't feel like
the sucker I was after buying a 32X, Sega CD, and Genesis all at once
all those years ago. Nothing gives me greater pleasure than reading
about Sega losing money each quarter, shaking up it's staff, and just
plain losing it. 

-Matt